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Obama: Kanye’s a Jackass

After Obama’s “bitter” gaffe, he was seen as out of touch with regular folks—but scolding Kanye helped get the president get back in their good graces. Who wouldn’t agree that Kanye West acted like a jackass when he stole the mic from Taylor Swift last year? Obama asked the press not to make his comment "another fly thing” (a clip of a ninja-like Obama killing a fly went viral) but the press would grant no such allowance.